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Webster 1913 Edition


Gawby

Gaw′by

(ga̤′by̆)
,
Noun.
A baby; a dunce.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Gawby

GAW'BY

,
Noun.
A dunce. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


gawby

gawby

English

Noun

gawby (plural gawbies)

  1. (Britain, dialect, archaic) A baby.
  2. (Britain, dialect, archaic) A dunce.